Survey QA/QC & Reporting Specialist

Role Overview

Quality Assurance Responsibilities

• Verify raw and processed survey data, logs, metadata, calibration records, navigation files, positioning records, and field reports for completeness and consistency.
• Review geophysical interpretations and classify seabed, pipeline, debris, obstruction, crossing, exposure, scour, and free-span findings accurately.
• Cross-check geophysical findings against ROV records, video logs, stills, eventing sheets, and as-built or client data.
• Establish acceptance criteria and checklists covering drawings, charts, mosaics, event lists, anomaly registers, and supporting appendices.
• Monitor subcontractor processing and reporting outputs, including competence, software, quality, revision control, and response to comments.
• Manage technical NCRs, observations, client queries, lessons learned, process improvements, and reporting quality KPIs.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum degree in Surveying, Engineering, Geomatics, or a related field.
• Six to eight years of survey reporting or QA experience.
• Offshore Middle East experience.
• Strong understanding of hydrographic, geophysical, and pipeline inspection survey workflows.
• Experience with seabed debris surveys and pipeline route surveys.
• Strong technical survey writing skills and a quality-focused mindset.

Software and Technical Skills

• Experience with MS Office, GIS, Adobe, SonarWiz, EIVA NaviEdit or NaviModel, AutoCAD or Civil 3D, Qinsy or Qimera, and Fledermaus.
• Knowledge of document control, revision management, NCR or CAPA, and quality assurance.

Operational Risk and Improvement

• Escalate discrepancies that may affect diving, ROV, lifting, trenching, pipelay, vessel positioning, SIMOPS, or subsea construction activities.
• Develop procedures and process improvements for data processing and reporting.
• Track rejection rates, client comments, NCRs, rework hours, late deliverables, and repeat findings.